🎭 The Board’s Grand Bovarism: Legends in Their Own Minds

By Condo Tribune Staff

There’s a French word that perfectly describes our board.
It’s called bovarism – and oh, does it fit.

🧐 What Is Bovarism?

Bovarism comes from Madame Bovary, the 19th-century novel by Gustave Flaubert.
It describes people who imagine themselves as far more sophisticated, capable, and important than they really are — living in a fantasy where they’re glamorous experts instead of… well, reality.

Sound familiar?

🎩 Our Board’s Version of Bovarism

In their heads, they’re financial strategists, visionary leaders, and policy experts managing a complex empire.
In reality:

They can’t chair a basic meeting without three lawyers in the room
They don’t understand a balance sheet well enough to tell a debit from a dog biscuit
They make six-figure decisions without consulting the very people footing the bill
And yet… they walk around like they’re running the United Nations

Bovarism at its finest.

📉 Confidence Without Competence

The tragedy – and comedy – of our situation is their unshakable self-belief.
The more they fail, the more confident they become.
It’s like watching someone burn dinner, then declare themselves a Michelin-star chef.

They genuinely seem to believe:

“We’re uniquely qualified to manage millions of dollars.”

Meanwhile, the invoices pile up, the lawyers get richer, and the reserve fund shrinks like a cheap sweater in a hot wash.

🐑 But Here’s the Twist

They think we don’t notice.
They think we’re sheep.
They assume we’ll nod politely while they pretend to be experts.

But here’s the thing: we see them.
We see the numbers.
We see the waste.
We see the incompetence hidden behind that polished “leadership” façade.

🚨 Final Thought

True leadership requires knowledge, accountability, and humility.
Our board has mastered exactly one of those: pretending to know what they’re doing.

Bovarism isn’t just a French literary term.
It’s our board’s entire operating system.

Wake up. Pay attention. Vote them out.
Because reality checks are long overdue – and oh, how fun it’ll be to watch them bounce.

Disclaimer: This post is satire and opinion. Read full disclaimer.

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